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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Bayne (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Bayne. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Bayne is located in Richland County.

To see how the shape of North Dakota's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Richland County: Traverse (MN), Wilkin (MN), Cass, Ransom, Sargent & Roberts (SD).

Below are the counties that are near Bayne. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bayne:

  • Richland County     (The home county of Bayne)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bayne, with the one closest to Bayne listed first.
    • Mantador
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Great Bend
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hankinson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Mooreton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Barney
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairview Junction
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairview Junction is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Junction
    • Wyndmere
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Oswald
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Oswald is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswald
    • Lidgerwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Dwight
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Dwight is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • Galchutt
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Galchutt is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galchutt
    • Wahpeton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairmount
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Ransom County
  • Sargent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bayne, with the one closest to Bayne listed first.
    • Cayuga
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Ransom City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Ransom City is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom City
    • Milnor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Rutland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Traverse County (MN)
    • Tintah
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Tintah is located in Traverse County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tintah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
  • Wilkin County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bayne, with the one closest to Bayne listed first.
    • Breckenridge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Childs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Childs is located in Wilkin County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
    • Doran
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Doran is located in Wilkin County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doran
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
    • Kent
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Kent is located in Wilkin County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Tenney
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Tenney is located in Wilkin County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenney
      • Estimated population in 2011: 5 people
    • Campbell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Campbell is located in Wilkin County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
    • Wolverton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Wolverton is located in Wilkin County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
    • Foxhome
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Foxhome is located in Wilkin County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhome
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
  • Marshall County (SD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bayne, with the one closest to Bayne listed first.
    • Marlow
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Marlow is located in Marshall County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
      • Estimated population in 2014: 14 people
    • Veblen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Veblen is located in Marshall County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veblen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Veblen <1>
  • Roberts County (SD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bayne, with the one closest to Bayne listed first.
    • New Effington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Hammer
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Hammer is located in Roberts County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammer
      • Estimated population in 2014: 241 people
    • Rosholt
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosholt is located in Roberts County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosholt <1>
    • Claire City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • White Rock
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • White Rock is located in Roberts County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bayne, see our County-by-County Page for Bayne.

Cemeteries Near Bayne ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bayne.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Bayne - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bayne covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bayne, with the one closest to Bayne listed first.

  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Divet Farm Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Hankinson.
    • The Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Immanuel Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102072 <3>
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Zion United Methodist Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • St. Philips Catholic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Philips Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Philips Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Hankinson.
    • The St. Philips Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Calvary Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101794 <3>
  • United Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for United Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the United Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Hankinson.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2195157 <3>
  • St. Francis Convent Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Peace Lutheran Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Lutheran Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Peace Lutheran Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Barney.
    • The Peace Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Peace Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102269 <3>
  • St. Paul's Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (109 more) ...
    • St. Anthonys Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Nulph Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Coppin Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

While we didn't find Bayne in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bayne.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Bayne, with the one closest to Bayne listed first.

  • Hankinson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Great Bend
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Barney
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mooreton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Stiles
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Stiles is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles
  • Fairview Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairview Junction is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Junction
  • Moselle
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Moselle is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle
  • Farmington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Farmington is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
  • Sonora
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sonora is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
  • Wyndmere
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lidgerwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Oswald
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Oswald is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswald
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Dwight
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Dwight is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • Tyler
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Tyler is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
    • Wahpeton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bayne. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bayne.

Newspapers Published in Bayne ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bayne.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bayne, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bayne.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Bayne:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bayne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bayne, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.